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The basis for the blockbuster motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island by New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane is a gripping and atmospheric psychological thriller where nothing is quite what it seems. The New York Times calls Shutter...

The Complete Father Brown Collection: Books 1-5, read by the outstanding Nicholas Boulton, includes unabridged recordings of the complete works of Father Brown—G. K. Chesterton's beloved amateur sleuth.

Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels—until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning the shabby London clerk into Sir Gareth, with a grand house on the remote Romney Marsh and a family he doesn't know. The Marsh is another world, a strange, empty place notorious for its ruthless gangs of smugglers. And one of them is dangerously familiar…

En la Barcelona de finales de los años 50, Daniel Sempere ya no es aquel niño que descubrió un libro que habría de cambiarle la vida entre los pasadizos del Cementerio de los Libros Olvidados. El misterio de la muerte de su madre Isabella ha abierto un abismo en su alma del que su esposa Bea...

Read by Hugh Fraser Now an Amazon Prime original limited series! Agatha Christie’s beloved classic The A.B.C. Murders sets Hercule Poirot on the trail of a serial killer. There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic...

Super-sleuth Sister Fidelma faces personal danger as proceeds through the valley of the shadow in the stunning sixth historical mystery by Peter Tremayne. Sister Fidelma has been sent by her brother, king of Cashel, to Laisre, chieftain of Gleann Geis - the 'forbidden valley' - to negotiate...

The brand new Miss Marple novel from Lucy Foley, the No.1 bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast. This audiobook is read by an all-star cast featuring Hayley Atwell, Lucy Boynton, Adeel Akhtar, Mara Wilson and Hugh Kermode. *** ‘As continuation novels go, this one – the...

Agatha Award-winning author Rhys Bowen’s charming combination of intrigue and romance blended with a touch of humor shines when performed by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Katherine Kellgren, whose deft range and impeccable accent work make it hard to believe this isn’t a multicast performance.

A propulsive, relentless page-turner filled with conspiracies, hope, and resilience, from a bestselling author. "Inventive, edgy and relentlessly gripping from the first page to the last." —Scott Turow, #1 bestselling author of Presumed Innocent Stalin's Soviet Union strives to be a paradise...

This is a story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes II collection. In this collection are four of the finest cases of Mr. Sherlock Holmes, narrated by his faithful friend and admirer Dr. Watson. What was the mystery of the engineer's thumb? What was behind the disappearance of the race horse? Why did masked royalty walk up to see Holmes in Baker Street? These and other puzzles are solved in this collection by this bloodhound of a genius.

The long siege is ended. Troy lies in ashes. The black ships of the Greek war-host set sail for home – but for King Odysseus of Ithaca, the return voyage holds hazards far greater than any he faced in the Trojan War. A sequel to Black Ships Before Troy, Rosemary Sutcliff’s retelling of The Odyssey transforms Homer’s complex epic poem into a traveller’s tale with a cast of men, magicians and monsters: the flesh-eating Cyclops, the deadly enchantment of Circe and Odysseus’s battle to regain his wife and long-lost kingdom.

This audiobook is narrated by Indira Varma and Tom Burke. As recommended by the BBC Radio 2 Book Club 'A mystery, a love story and a ghost story, all at once. I didn’t want it to end' - S J Watson They say we'll never know what happened to those men. They say the sea keeps its secrets...

Kapitän Nemo muss feststellen, dass er sich in großer Gefahr befindet. In nahezu jedem Hafen, den die Nautilus ansteuert, um Proviant aufzunehmen, wird ein Anschlag auf sein Leben verübt. Immer scheinen es andere Personen zu sein, die ihm nach dem Leben trachten. Doch was hat es damit auf...

April 1933. Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, there is skepticism about the cause of death. Who would want to kill Eddie, and why? Maisie Dobbs is determined to offer her help. As Maisie uncovers lies and...

She was someone's daughter . . . In 1930, the killing of a Soho prostitute is hardly a priority for Scotland Yard. But when a second, similar murder comes to light, and then a third, everything changes. Cuthbert and his team find themselves in a nightmarish world of people-trafficking...

Der Industrielle Lance Ingram, den Dr. Mortimer aus seiner Zeit in London kennt, ist in seinen Geburtsort Falls zurückgekehrt, um den Familienbetrieb zu übernehmen. Zur Feier dieses Ereignisses veranstaltet er einen großen Maskenball, zudem er die Mortimers und Sir Henry Baskerville einlädt...

Lights, camera... murder in Crofter's Green. Narrated by the brilliant British actress Iona Campbell, whose acclaimed performances have brought Crofter's Green and its beloved residents vividly to life, this latest Homefront Sleuths mystery combines wartime intrigue, clever clues, memorable characters, and the warmth of village life. June 1942 brings rare excitement to the quiet village of Crofter's Green when the Ministry of Information's Crown Film Unit arrives to shoot a patriotic wartime film.

THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice...

Bath, England, 1890. Mystery author Lady Amy Lovell receives an anonymous letter containing shocking news: her fiancé, Mr. Ronald St. Vincent, has been dabbling in something illegal, which causes her to promptly break their engagement. Two evenings later, as Lady Amy awaits a visit from Lord William Wethington, fellow member of the Bath Mystery Book Club, her former fiancé makes an unexpected and most unwelcome appearance at her house.

Puri ha heredado dos cosas de su padre: la pasión por el chocolate y una plantación de cacao situada en Vinces, Ecuador, la ciudad conocida como el «París Chiquito». Aunque no ha visto a su padre desde que era un bebé, este le ha dejado una parte de la plantación que tenía. También les ha dejado su parte a los tres hijos ilegítimos que tenía.